History

I worked at Schlitterbahn after the Verrückt accident. Here's how that went

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How the Bagnell Dam created the Lake of the Ozarks and reshaped southern Missouri forever

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In his new memoir, local activist Alvin Brooks reviews his decades of civil rights fights

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How a single from a Kansas City soul artist became a surprise hit in Europe

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In 1928, a Native American man from Kansas became the nation’s first vice president of color

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This small town Kansas photography shop develops aged film formats no other processor will touch

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Squirrels are not native to modern Kansas City—this is how they got here

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Two copies of the world's first Christmas card ever made are in Kansas City

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Frank Lloyd Wright-designed church raises money to restore his vision

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The end of the thread for Kansas City’s once-bustling Garment District